S 82 Class Torpedo Boat (1897)

Six S 82 class torpedo boats were completed for the Imperial German Navy in 1897-1898.

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
S 82	Schichau, Elbing		15 Apr, 1897	29 Oct, 1897	Sold 13 May, 1921
S 83	Schichau, Elbing		26 Jun, 1897	26 Nov, 1897	Sold 13 May, 1921
S 84	Schichau, Elbing		27 Sep, 1897	29 Dec, 1897	Sold 23 Apr, 1921
S 85	Schichau, Elbing		9 Sep, 1897	20 Mar, 1898	Sold May, 1921
S 86	Schichau, Elbing		8 Nov, 1897	15 Apr, 1898	Sold May, 1921
S 87	Schichau, Elbing		10 Dec, 1897	15 Apr, 1898	Sold 23 Apr, 1921

Design & Construction

Galvanized steel construction.

Armament

As Completed

• One 50cm/40 caliber quick-firing gun
• Three 45cm torpedo tubes

After Refit

• One 50c/40 caliber quick-firing gun
• Two 45cm torpedo tubes

Bibliography

• Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
• Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
• Gröner, Erich (revised and expanded by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass) (1990). German Warships 1815-1945. Volume One: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.